Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Targets
Skill Builders

Unit 2 Overview

Some of the things you will learn in Unit 2:


  1. Why did the Aztecs build a great city on an island?
  2. Why did the Aztecs practise human sacrifice?
  3. With whom did the Aztecs trade? For what did they trade?
  4. How did the Aztecs practise expansionism?
  5. What would school be like for an Aztec student?
  6. What was Spain like at the time?
  7. What was the Spanish Inquisition?
  8. How did “Gold, God, Glory” affect the Spanish?
  9. What happened to the Aztec people when Spain invaded?

Background Information


Figure 1.3 shows Mexico’s flag. Notice that at its centre is an eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus. This is an interesting flag to say the least!

Figure 1.3

Read

Read page 151 of the textbook for an introduction to Unit 2 and an explanation of the image on the Mexican flag.